“I thought it would be more of a mid-table situation before I came here if I was to be totally honest.

“When I spoke to the gaffer for the first time he made it quite clear that he was aiming a lot higher than that.

“He told me that he wants Rovers to be a top six side and I think we have shown that there is enough quality in the changing room to achieve that.”

Looking ahead to the match this weekend, Rovers manager Darrell Clarke has a fully fit squad after a number of fringe players came through the EFL Trophy defeat at Portsmouth unscathed.

Roberts along with Will Puddy, Mark McChrystal, Lee Mansell and Luke James all played the majority of the match with Rovers losing 1-0 thanks to a late Kal Naismith winner.

Jake Gosling, who was on loan at Cambridge United, has returned early after only making a handful of league appearances for the U’S but he will not be able to feature for Rovers until January due to FA rules.

Millwall have won three of their last four league matches and have only lost once at home to Rovers once in their last nine meetings.

But The Lions may be without talisman Steve Morison who is a doubt for this weekend’s fixture after suffering a knee injury in last week’s FA Cup win against Southend.

Morison’s injury was a blow lessened by the outstanding performance by debutant Harry Smith in the EFL Trophy win over Luton.

The 21 year old striker, who joined in the summer from Ryman Premier League side Folkestone Invicta scored twice in the 3-1 win but manager Neil Harris has urged fans not to get carried away with the six foot-five inches forward.